1992 Individual Speedway World Championship

The 1992 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 47th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.^[1]^[2]

Gary Havelock scored 14 points to become England's first Speedway World Champion since Michael Lee in 1980. Sweden's Per Jonsson, the 1990 World Champion, finished second with 11 points with Denmark's Gert Handberg third on 10 points.^[3]^[4]

Triple World Champion Hans Nielsen failed to qualify for a World Final for the first time since 1979 after only finishing 12th in the Nordic Final.^[5]

Overseas Qualification[]

Australian Final[]

26 January 1992
Adelaide - North Arm Speedway
Referee: Sam Bass
First 4 to Commonwealth final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Points	Details
	Leigh Adams ()	14	(3,2,3,3,3)
	Shane Parker ()	13	(2,3,3,3,2)
	()	11	(2,2,2,2,3)
4	Jason Lyons ()	10+3	(3,0,3,2,2+3)
5	Glenn Doyle ()	10+2	(3,3,1,2,1+2)
6	()	10+1	(1,2,1,3,3+1)
7	()	8	(3,1,t,1,3)
8	Craig Boyce ()	8	(2,3,2,0,1)
9	Mick Poole ()	8	(1,3,1,1,2)
10	()	7	(1,1,3,2,0)
11	()	6	(0,1,0,3,2)
12	Troy Butler ()	6	(0,2,2,1,1)
13	()	5	(2,0,2,1,0)
14	()	2	(1,0,0,0,1)
15	() (Res)	1	(-,1,0,-,0)
16	() (Res)	1	(-,-,1,0,-)
17	()	0	(0,0,0,0,0)
18	Todd Wiltshire ()	0	(f,-,-,-,-)

New Zealand Qualification[]

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
New Zealand Final
??		Gary Allan	Mark Thorpe

Danish Final[]

May 16 & 17, 1992
- 2 Rounds (Uhre and Holsted)
First 5 to Nordic final plus 1 reserve
Hans Nielsen seeded to Nordic Final

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Gert Handberg	27
2	Brian Karger	23+3
3	John Jörgensen	23+2
4	Tommy Knudsen	21
5		19+3
6	Peter Ravn	19+2
7		18
8	Brian Andersen	18
9		11
10	Jan Staechmann	10
11		10
12		9
13		8
14		7
15	Hans Clausen	7
16		4
17	(Res)	4
18	(Res)	2

British Final[]

May 17, 1992
Coventry, Brandon Stadium
First 10 to Commonwealth final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Gary Havelock	13+3
2	Martin Dugard	13+2
3	Andy Smith	11
4	Paul Thorp	10
5	Kelvin Tatum	10
6	Chris Louis	9
7	Marvyn Cox	8
8	Simon Wigg	7
9	Mark Loram	7
10	Dave Mullett	6+3
11	Dean Barker	6+2
12	Sean Wilson	5
13	Graham Jones	4
14	Jeremy Doncaster	4
15	Joe Screen	4
16	Alun Rossiter	1

Swedish Final[]

May 19, 20 & 21, 1992
- 3 Rounds (Målilla, Hagfors & Örebro)
First 4 to Nordic final plus 1 reserve
Henrik Gustafsson seeded to Nordic final

Pos.	Rider	Scores	Total
1	Per Jonsson	14+14+10	38
2	Jimmy Nilsen	11+13+12	36
3	Tony Rickardsson	13+10+12	35
4	Peter Nahlin	10+12+13	35
5		9+9+9	27
6	Conny Ivarsson	9+5+11	25
7		6+10+7	23
8		5+11+6	22
9	Dennis Löfqvist	5+7+9	21
10	Tony Olsson	8+3+9	20
11	Erik Stenlund	9+6+5	20
12		8+5+2	15
13		6+1+5	12
14	Stefan Dannö	3+8+0	11
15		0+4+5	9
16		4+2+2	8

Commonwealth Final[]

May 31, 1992
- King's Lynn, Norfolk Arena
First 11 to Overseas final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Kelvin Tatum	11+3
2	Mark Thorpe	11+2
3	Gary Havelock	11+1
4	Marvyn Cox	10
5	Martin Dugard	9
6	Mitch Shirra	9
7	Simon Wigg	8
8	Paul Thorp	8
9	Jason Lyons	8
10	Andy Smith	7
11	Shane Parker	6+3
12	Mark Loram	6+2
13	Chris Louis	5
14	Leigh Adams	5
15	Dave Mullett	5
16		1

Nordic Final[]

June 14, 1992
- ,
First 9 to World Semi-final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Tony Rickardsson	12
2	Per Jonsson	10+3
3	Brian Karger	10+2
4	John Jörgensen	10+1
5	Jimmy Nilsen	10+0
6	Gert Handberg	9+
7	Henrik Gustafsson	9+
8	Tommy Knudsen	9+
9	Einar Kyllingstad	9+
10	Peter Nahlin	9+
11	Lars Gunnestad	8
12	Hans Nielsen	6
13		4
14		3
15	(Res)	1
16	Peter Ravn	0
17		0
18	Arnt Førland (Res)	0

Overseas Final[]

June 14, 1992
- Coventry, Brandon Stadium
First 9 to World Semi-final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Gary Havelock	13
2	Mitch Shirra	12
3	Kelvin Tatum	11
4	Sam Ermolenko	10
5	Andy Smith	10
6	Martin Dugard	9
7	Jason Lyons	9
8	Rick Miller	8
9	Ronnie Correy	8
10	Marvyn Cox	7+3
11	Shane Parker	7+2
12	Mike Faria	5
13	Billy Hamill	4
14	Paul Thorp	3
15	Mark Thorpe	3
16	Simon Wigg	1
17	Bobby Ott (Res)	0

Continental Qualification[]

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Continental Semi-final
June 14, 1992	Miskolc,	Zdeněk Tesař	Sławomir Drabik	Roman Matoušek
Continental Semi-final
June 14, 1992	Brokstedt,	Antal Kocso	Róbert Nagy	Bohumil Brhel

World Semi-Final #1[]

August 9, 1992
- Bradford, Odsal Stadium
First 8 to World final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Per Jonsson	14+3
2	Gary Havelock	14+2
3	Kelvin Tatum	11
4	Jimmy Nilsen	9
5	Ronnie Correy	8+
6	Zdeněk Tesař	8+
7	John Jörgensen	8+
8	Henrik Gustafsson	8+
9	Antal Kocso	8+
10	Bohumil Brhel	8+
11	Andy Smith	7
12	Mirosław Kowalik	5
13	Jason Lyons	5
14	Roman Matoušek	4
15	Piotr Świst	2
16		1

World Semi-Final #2[]

August 15, 1992
- Wiener Neustadt,
First 7 to World final plus 1 reserve
Sławomir Drabik seeded to World Final

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Gert Handberg	15
2	Sam Ermolenko	14
3	Tommy Knudsen	11
4	Rick Miller	10
5	Tony Rickardsson	10
6	Brian Karger	9
7	Mitch Shirra	9
8	Martin Dugard	7+3
9	Róbert Nagy	7+2
10	Gerd Riss	7+1
11	Sławomir Drabik	7+0
12	Antonín Kasper, Jr.	5
13		3
14	Einar Kyllingstad	3
15	Petr Vandirek	2
16	Zdenek Schneiderwind	1
17	Peter Nahlin (Res)	0

World final[]

August 29, 1992
Wrocław, Olympic Stadium^[6]

Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos	21
	(8) Gary Havelock	14		3						2			3			3			3				14	1
	(6) Per Jonsson	11		0				3			2							3			3		11	2
	(13) Gert Handberg	10				3	2							3		2					0		10	3
4	(3) Tommy Knudsen	9	3						3				0				1				2		9	4
5	(5) Henrik Gustafsson	9		1			0					2					3					3	9	5
6	(1) John Jørgensen	8	2				1				0				3				2				8	6
7	(12) Jimmy Nilsen	7			3					X		3			0						1		7	7
8	(9) Sam Ermolenko	7			1		3						1					X		2			7	8
9	(4) Sławomir Drabik	6	E							3				2				1				X	6	9
10	(11) Kelvin Tatum	6			0				0		3					1						2	6	10
11	(14) Rick Miller	6				0		2					2		2							X	6	11
12	(7) Ronnie Correy	6		2					2					0	1					1			6	12
13	(15) Mitch Shirra	6				2			1			1						2	0				6	13
14	(10) Tony Rickardsson	5			2			1						1			0		1				5	14
15	(16) Zdeněk Tesař	5				1				1	1						2			0			5	15
16	(2) Brian Karger	4	1					0				0				0				3			4	16
R1	(R1) Antal Kocso	0																					0	R1
R2	(R2) Martin Dugard	0																					0	R2
Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos	21

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside	gate B	gate C	gate D - outside

References[]

^ "World Championship 1936-1994". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
^ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
^ "WORLD FINALS 1936-1994" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
^ "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
^ Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5

[1] "World Championship 1936-1994". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.

[2] "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.

[3] "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 10 July 2021.

[4] "WORLD FINALS 1936-1994" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 10 July 2021.

[5] "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 10 July 2021.

[6] Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5

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